Motorways part 6 - Undertakers

Whilst we are waiting for the tow truck this might be a good opportunity to recap the three situations where it is ok to pass on the left. I have mentioned all three in different posts as the situations arose but now let’s bring them together. (1) Remember the one way street? This is the first scenario where you may pass on the inside of another vehicle (but just to be clear, I am not suggesting you mount the pavement to pass, no, for this undertake to be legal the one way street must have two lanes and the other vehicle must be in the right hand lane of the two). (2) The second scenario where you may pass on the left is when the other vehicle is positioned toward the centre of the lane and waiting to turn right, again, overtaking on the left here must not involve the pavement in any way. If the gap between car and curb is insufficient then you must wait for the car to turn. The last scenario where you can pass on the left is the one I mentioned shortly after we entered the motorway. (3) When all traffic on a multi lane highway has slowed to a relative crawl all lanes must flow without deference to each other. It is a curious irony of motorways that when traffic does grind to a walking pace for whatever reason, often it is lane one that will become the quickest lane to be in. In this scenario it is perfectly acceptable to pass slower moving traffic in the right hand lanes to keep the traffic moving.

That is our three scenarios then, and just in time as I can see the tow truck coming. What does it say on the side of it? can you see? Ahhh, this tow truck is from a branch of the ‘Flea Pits’. That’s interesting, in ‘The Demon Road’ the Flea-Pits have a lot of branches and are a well known MOT & service company. I understand they began as a family company and when I had the opportunity to speak to the head of the family I asked him why he had chosen to call his garages the ‘Flea-Pits’. His answer staggered me and I guarentee it is going to take you by surprise too when you get your copy of the theory test novel from www.facebook.com/TheoryTestNovel and learn the reason yourself. http://twitter.comtheorytestnovel